Distribution and abundance of azaspiracid-producing dinophyte species and their toxins in North Atlantic and North Sea waters in summer 2018

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 6; p. e0235015
• Main Authors: Wietkamp, Stephan, Krock, Bernd, Clarke, Dave, Voß, Daniela, Salas, Rafael, Kilcoyne, Jane, Tillmann, Urban, Casotti, Raffaella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 19.06.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abundance; Algae; Amphidoma; Amphidomataceae; Azaspiracids; Biology and Life Sciences; Causes of; Coastal waters; Coasts; Density; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Dinoflagellates; Distribution; DNA; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Geographical distribution; Lipophilic; Marine toxins; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microscopy; Organisms; People and Places; Phycotoxins; Physical Sciences; Poisoning; Red tides; Research and analysis methods; Ribosomal DNA; Seafood; Shellfish; Species; Stations; Toxins; Atlantic Ocean; North Sea; Ireland; Germany; Spain

Representatives of the marine dinophyte family Amphidomataceae produce lipophilic phycotoxins called azaspiracids (AZA) which may cause azaspiracid shellfish poisoning (AZP) in humans after consumption of contaminated seafood. Three of the four known toxigenic species are observed frequently in the...